Polemics of the Bill on the Alcoholic Beverages’ Prohibition in Indonesia
Background: The emergence of the Draft Bill on the Prohibition of Alcoholic Beverages, where it regulates the prohibition on producing, trading, consuming, and other matters related to alcoholic drinks. This certainly causes polemic among the people, because there are several aspect of life related to alcoholic drinks.
Aim: Therefore, the author did the research regarding to the effectiveness, impact and challenges faced by the government in the enactment of the Draft Bill on Alcoholic Beverages.
Method: The research of this paper is carried out with normative juridical method, qualitative types and documentation instrument methods to examine the relationship between two different but related variables.
Findings: From the results of the research, it can be concluded that the drafting of the Alcoholic Drinks Bill in terms of its effectiveness will be very difficult to carry out and its impacts include the cultural, economic, security, and tourism sectors. Each of the Draft Law should be considered entirely in the interest of the people and not personal interests. The government must implement the protocol in accordance with the law and the community must also obey and carry out every right and obligation as citizens who are dedicated and virtuous towards the state constitution.
Copyright (c) 2021 Abraham Ethan Martupa Sahat Marune, Irgo Senjaya Tanadi
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International. that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.
